The large majority of vintage pornstars, though, simply worked in porn until they were too old to be filmed having sex any longer.
The film spawned several sequels with one starring the notorious Traci Lords when she was still underage.
He famously worked alongside the then underage Traci Lords in her 1984 porn debut film and who he is also alleged to have had an off-screen relationship with.
As with performers like Juliet Anderson, De Leeuw is thought to have hidden herself away from publicity around her porn career and little is known about her current personal life and status.
She is an inductee to both the AVN and XRCO plus the NightMoves halls of fame.
Though she is no longer making adult movies, her fan website is still active and she has an avid following of supporters who still pay handsomely for her back catalog of work.
A true icon of the 1980s porn scene, Ron Jeremy has also enjoyed plenty of crossover success in the mainstream media appearing in films, documentaries, TV series and even music videos, video games and advertising.
He won two Best Director awards for this movie AFAA and CFAA — 1982 as well as earning an AVN Award for Best Screenplay for the 1984 film Puss N Boots.